Mike's 17th Century Battle Station

[janos]

The Yellowheart's grain looks to be a bit more pronounced than that of the Boxwood - it is probably in line with Costello. It seems holding fine edges very well though.
Beautiful CNC! Did you create the design and the toolpath yourself, Mike?
Janos

 

[Maarten]

Indeed beautiful work Mike. What is the program you made this 3D drawing in?

 

[DocBlake]

Hi Greg!

Boxwood tends to have a little more of a tan color to it. Yellow heart is much more yellow. Here is a piece of each with some mineral spirits wiped on to bring out the color. The yellow heart has more grain pattern than the boxwood and far more brittle. It tends to splinter. Boxwood is a dream to work with.

 

[Peglegreg]

Hi Greg!

Boxwood tends to have a little more of a tan color to it. Yellow heart is much more yellow. Here is a piece of each with some mineral spirits wiped on to bring out the color. The yellow heart has more grain pattern than the boxwood and far more brittle. It tends to splinter. Boxwood is a dream to work with.View attachment 48582

Thanks Mike
Happymodeling
Greg

 

[mrshanks]

Did you create the design and the toolpath yourself, Mike?

What is the program you made this 3D drawing in?

Thanks guys. I purchased the military wreath 3D artwork from Vetric's Design and Make clipart site. I then created the toolpath and rendered it using Vetric's VCarve Pro software. The wreath was cut out on my ShopBot CNC machine.

 

[Maarten]

Great work, love it. Hope to start with cnc work in the near future.

 

[Peglegreg]

Great work, love it. Hope to start with cnc work in the near future.

So do I mate. I'm blown away looking at the work done by our Modelteers with their toys.
Greg

 

[Uwek]

Is there something new on the battle station front?
Would interesting to see your´s and the others finished.....

 

[mrshanks]

I realize it has been a long time, but I am finally back to work on my battle station. Only a small update today but at least it is the start.
My next step is to begin assembly of the cannon carriages. The wooden parts are laser cut in cherry. I will need to remove the laser char from the edges
of the parts so that Uwe doesn't fuss at me..

For this task I will use my Byrnes Disk Sander loaded with 320 grit paper.


This tool is so precise you can carefully remove the laser char without changing the dimensions nor the squareness of the part.


Before and after laser char is removed.

 

[Uwek]

I have the bigger Proxxon Disk sander and I am not very happy of the precision of the disk - the Byrnes could be an alternative - Do I understand it correctly, that you would recommend this tool?
BTW: Happy to see you are working on the battle station !!!

 

[mrshanks]

Hi Uwe... Yes, I am very happy to be modeling again and I highly recommend any of Jim Byrne's modeling tools. However, they are very expensive.
You can take a look at his products here: http://www.byrnesmodelmachines.com/

 

[DocBlake]

Glad you’re back at it, Mike!

 

[DocBlake]

Uwe: All the Byrnes machines are top quality. They cost more, but I learned a lesson years ago: buying cheap tools is a false economy! You get what you pay for.

 

[mrshanks]

Glad you’re back at it, Mike!

Thanks to you and Don for the encouragement!!!!!! Or should I call it pestering??

 

[Uwek]

Uwe: All the Byrnes machines are top quality. They cost more, but I learned a lesson years ago: buying cheap tools is a false economy! You get what you pay for.

The lesson I follow usually, and the Proxxon TSG 250/E was not really cheap with more than 200 Euro - maybe my problem, is that with 25 cm diameter you recognize much more small amplitudes of the disc

 

[DocBlake]

No question, the smaller disc improves precision. Not implying that Proxxon tools are cheap...I own their lathe, detail sander and FET table saw!

 

[Jimsky]

...and we are glad that there are tools for every budget and needs!

 

[DocBlake]

Thanks to you and Don for the encouragement!!!!!! Or should I call it pestering??

There may have been some pestering involved.

 

[mrshanks]

Well since @DonRobinson just finished his Battle Station I decided to go pull up my build log. I can't believe it has been a year since I last worked on it and 2 years since I started it. Almost embarassing. I even laser etched the bottom of the display base indicating it being completed in July 2018... Oh well, can't change that now. I guess once I get this sling off, I might just have to complete what was started.... But oh so many other great things to do.... Hahn prototype parts, my little Falkonet Leudo kit, 200 more wooden and plastic kits, tons of Dave Stevens projects, upcoming SoS group builds, working with friends like @SZKUTNIK , and a special secret project....

I may need the help of some volunteer prototype builders ... anyone interested? Do people know what it means to be a prototype builder? Should we start a discussion thread on that topic? Thoughts and ideas are appreciated.....

Thanks.